Show DEATH TO POISONOUS PLANTS ivar Tid estrom of the forest service working under the d of prof D marsh of the bureau of plant industry has reported that excellent progress has ben made in the imbor tant invest lations of po bonous plants on the grazing land in the manti national forest the improvement of the western range by the government is being followed closely by staci growers over the west and these investigations of the poisonous plants are considered as important as the reseed ng experiments on the ranges and the other work which is being carried on by the forest ce for the improvement of the foliage the loss of stock from poisonous plants is very heavy in some localities and stockmen have been known to lose as much as 70 per cei t of their herd in a year the usual loas in regions where poisonous plants grow however is es timatea to be from 5 to 25 per cent a I 1 year mr Tid estrom is collecting spec me is of all plants growing upon so call d poisonous poi bonous areas studying the r prop arties and trying to find out the best way to erad cate or check the growth of the dangerous plants if the po s I 1 onous can be checked useful orage plants will take their place little is known about the method of fighting the growth of these po plants and the lack of ruffic ent and reliable information along the lines has fel oi deais by all of the western stockmen the forest service does not intend to stop until it has obtained full knowledge now ledge of the plants bieh have i en trouble to the of the nation al forests and the stock ow nera through out the west A policeman of atlanta ga swore he saw a led e with a blue tail and his whiskers tied in a bow knot under his chin A few mole tails like th s and the country will understand why georgia made such a rush |